And a coroner today ruled the young actress’s cause of death as misadventure.

South London assistant coroner Toby Watkin told an inquest that Mya-Lecia hanged herself in a marquee at her family home on 7 April.

Emergency services were called to the Naylor home in South Norwood at around 10am on Sunday 7 April to reports of a teenage girl in cardiac arrest.

Mya-Lecia was pronounced dead shortly after 11.30am at Croydon University Hospital.

The actress was due to sit her GCSEs this summer, but her parents had received a phone call from her school saying that her grades had been lower than expected.

Mya-Lecia’s dad Martin Naylor told South London Coroner’s Court: ‘She had not been her normal self. She was stressed about her exams.

The teenager’s cause of death has been ruled as misadventure (Picture: Instagram)

‘She knew she needed to get on with her revision and she had plans scheduled out for her revision.’

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The actress had been grounded and banned from going to a party, and the inquest heard that the night before her death, she had watched a film with her family that included a scene of suicide.

Martin saw his daughter the morning of her death, and does not believe she believed to take her own life.

He said: ‘I honestly believe she was just making some sort of point. I genuinely believe she did not mean to do it.

‘It was a silly spur of the moment thing. She clearly had plans for the future.’

A toxicology report showed no evidence of drugs or alcohol in the teenager’s system, and nothing suspicious was discovered during searches of her phone, laptop and social media accounts.

Toby Watkin concluded her death was by misadventure, saying Mya-Lecia ‘did not intend to end her own life’.

Mya-Lecia’s first role was on Absolutely Fabulous (Picture: BBC)

Back in April, the BBC confirmed: ‘We are so sorry to have to tell you that Mya-Lecia, who you will know from Millie Inbetween and Almost Never has, very sadly, died.

‘Mya-Lecia was a much loved part of the BBC Children’s family, and a hugely talented actress, singer and dancer. We will miss her enormously and we are sure that you will want to join us in sending all our love to her family and friends.’

And Mya-Lecia’s representatives A&J Management said: ‘It is with the deepest sorrow we have to announce that on Sunday 7th April Mya-Lecia Naylor, very sadly, died.

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‘Mya-Lecia was hugely talented and a big part of A&J, we will miss her greatly. Our love and thoughts are with all her family and friends at this difficult time.’

She told Tresa Magazine: ‘It’s hard at the moment since I’ve got my GCSEs in about two months, but as soon as that’s over I really want to get back into the habit of posting on YouTube weekly and really engaging in that.’

The talented teenager also teased new acting projects, saying: ‘I have been filming a few things here and there but everything’s a bit hush hush at the moment so I can’t really speak about it yet but be on the lookout because there’s going to be some amazing projects out real soon!’